Fender fob road vehicles



'De. 22T1925 "1,566,743

E. P. GALASSI FENDER FOR ROAD VEHICLES 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed June 21. 1924 Dec. 22, 1925- E. P. GALASSI FENDER FOR ROAD VEHICLES Filed June 2l. 19.24 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 i v To all it may concern.'

Patented Dec. 22, 1925. t

ERNEST r. GALAssI, or

PATENT OFFICE.

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FENDER Eon Roan VEHICLES.

Application led June 21.,

Be it known that I, ERNEST P. GALAssI, a j subject of the King of Italy, residing at the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn,

county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented a certain .new and useful Improvement in Fenders for Road Vehicles, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention is a fender or bumper for road vehicles, more particularly motor vehicles, and the objects 1n view are, first, to provide a yielding or cushion-mechanism of simple construction for minimizing the jar and shock occasioned by one vehicle striking another or an obstacle in the path; second, to enable the fender to be varied in length in adapting. the vsame to different vehicles; third, to mount the fender on the chassis of. a vehicle by al simple construction, and, fourth, to attain a desirable resiliency in the parts or members of the fender at the ends thereof. v

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists of the construction, oombination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accomP panying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved fender in position as it appears on the front part of a chassis. v

Figure-2 is a view in front elevation..

Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are views in vertical cross section on the lines 3 3, )L -4, 5-'5 and 6 6, respectively, of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is aV plan view of another embodiment of the invention as applied to the chassis of a vehicle.

Figure 8 is a front elevation Iof shown in Figure 7.

Figures 9 and 10 are vertical cross sections on the' lines 9--9 and 10--10, respectively, of Figure 7 Figure 11 is a detail view of a part of a chassis with the mounting for the fender of Figures 7 and 8, and

Fi ure 12 is a perspective view of a clip forming a part of the fender mounting shown in Fi ure 11.

I will first describe the fender illustrated in Figures 1 to 6, inclusive, wherein the structure is composed of resilient members coupled for extensible adjustment to suit the widths of the chassis of different automobiles. One part of the fender is a duplex curved front member A composed in this inthe fender 1924. serial No. 721,453'.

stance of two curved bars a, a and a lurality of transverse plates b, b and b. he bars aa each consist ofa single continuous piece of spring metal, and they are positroned in spaced relation to each other, see .Figure 2, so as to leave an intervening space 1n the plane of which is ositioned the rearward members B, C, of t e fender.

D are yokes composed of stiff metal positloned on the rear of the bars a, a of the frontA member, said yokes extending crosswise of the front member and spanning the space whichpintervenes the plates a, a, see Figure and 4. The end portions of each I, e 1n contact with the'bars a, a', and sald yokeV is ixedly attached to the bars a, a and to one of the transverse plates b by means of bolts d, see Figure 4, whereby the bolts d operate to fxedly attach the transverse plate b to the front member-bars a, a.' on the forward side thereof, and they attach the yoke D to the same bars a, ar.4 on the oo f rearward side Athereof sol as to maintain the f the `bars a, a in the desired spaced relation and act to fixedly retain said bars with respect to each other. y I

The bars a, a of the front member are additionally connected by yokes E,l E', positioned at the rear of thefront member, as

shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5, the end portions of each yoke being in contact with said bars a, a and being fastened securely thereto by the bolts e, e. v i

The transverse plate b is positioned on the front of the vbars a, a. and in contact therewith, and in rear of said bars and the plate b is a yoke F, the endsl of which are in contact with the rear faces of the bars a, a', see Figures 1 and 3. .Said ends of the yoke F andthe pla-te?) are iixcdly attached to the bars a, a by short bolts f. A

longer bolt f passes through the middle part of the transverse plate b and through the offset middle part of the yoke F, said bolt f operating to fasten a plate Gto the front member A of the fender. vAs shown,

this 'plate G `is positioned horizontally and between the bars a, af at the middle portion is'longer than the other arm g. The short arm g of each rear spring member is doubled to produce a loop g2 and secured by a bolt g', which looped end g is slidably engaged with one of the clips D.A The long arm 7L is bent into a double curvature,`as

shown in Figure-1, and the extremityof this longer arm is doubled to produce a loop h which is loosely engaged with one of the two clips E or E. As shown in Figure l, the loops h', la. of the two spring members B, C are engaged respectively with the clips E, E', and the adjacent ends of the arms la., l. of said spring members B, C are attached by bolts h2 to a bridge plate l-l. 'Ifhe latter plate spans the space between the clips E, E and the loop formed ends L of the arms h, lzon the respective rear spring members B C said ends of the bridge plate being slotted at h3 to receive the bolt It?, whereby the rear spring members are fastened adjustably to the bridge plate H. '.lhe bolt f passes through the middle'portlon .of the bridge plate which is connected thereby to the front member A of the fender.

The several members A, B, C, of the fender are operatively connected together by devices which permit said members-to yield or give under a shock or blow when the fender meets with an obstacle. The

force of a collision is thus cushioned by the v action of the fender, and this is'lnoticeable when a side blow occurs, it beingl apparent that an end portion of the'front member "A is pressed rearwardly against the arm g of the sprino member B or C so that the parts B or acts to yieldingly resist 'the backward thrust of said front member, but alt the same time the looped formation g of the rear member slides on the clip D soas to avoid breaking and injury of the parts.

Each rear spring member ,iB or C iis yformed with an eye c', see Figure 3, to receive avertically positioned bolt I, the 'latter being carried by one of the two brackets J 'by which the `fender is mounted on they goose necks,socalled, k, of. the chassisK, a'part of which is shown in Figures l, 6, 7 and 1 1 of the drawings. The .bracket is composed of two parts y', j", the former hav-v ing lugs jg and provided with stud bolts j?. The part j is iitted against one edge of the channeled goose neck la for vthe lugs 'i2 to enter said channel, see Figure 6, whereas the part j bears against the opposite face of the channeled goose neck lc, said two -parts being clamped iixedly on the goose neck. bythe stud bolts ja passing through the part j.' The pivot bolt I is fixed to or unitary with'the bracket lpart j to extend upwardly from it, and this bolt is provided with nuts z" for engagement with the yeye formed part z' of the sprlngmember B 0r C, see Figure 11, a brace I tending to vsti'l'en the bolt against bending under a shock on the spring member. There are two brackets J, one on each goose neck of the chassis, see Figures l and 7, and the spring members B, C, are connected to said brackets by the bolts I, whereby the fender is supported on the chassis by simple mountingswhich are easily and quickly applied.

Thel fender shown in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10 is simplified in several particulars as compared with the construction of Figures 1 to 6 heretofore described, but generally speaking the simplified form of fender embodies many of thefeatures of theinvention hereinbetore described. It includes a front member A and two rear spring members B', C', together with the brackets J by which said fender is mounted on the chassis.

. The front member A is asingle curved spring bar,whereas the rear spring members B', C -are the same as the corresponding parts B, C heretofore described. .The ends of the arms g of the rear spring members are looped at gand connected loosely lto the clips'D, which clips are iixedly at- .ached yto the front member A by the bolts plate G which with the clips E?, E4 are attached by ,boltsgf to said member A', and passing through said parts A', G is a longer bolt g, the latter being attached to a bridge plate H. The arms it of members B,.C are looped at h5, said looped ends of the arms being slidably fitted to the clips E?, E4. TheV bridge plate H spans `the loped ends It of members B, C', and said plate is slotted 100 I at hs and secured adjustably to the spring members by bolts' 11.9, see Figure 7. The'bolt gs is' attached to the bridge plate and connects the same to the -front member.

In my device each rear member B,C or`105 B lC is 'provided with an eye z' in which is` loosely litted the bolt I whereby the rear member is hung 'so as toturn or swing when the fender meets an obstacle. Again, the

bolts I are provided at top and bottom with 110 nuts z" so that the nuts may be rotated on the bolts for the ing the fender to suit different makes of motor cars.

Having thus fully described the invention, 115 i whatI `claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a fenderof the class described, a

front member, a plurality of rear members, a bridge plate connecting the rear members, 120' and means loosely connecting the front member with sald rear members.

2. In a fender of the class described, a .A

tween corresponding armsof the rearmem- 130 At the frontl of the member A is a purpose of raising or 'lower comprising a 12.5

' bers, means for attaching the bridge member to said corresponding arms of the rear members. and means for attaching the other arms of the rear members to the front member.

3. In a fender of the class described, a front member, a plurality of rear members, each of said' rear members comprisingv a plurality of arms the forward ends of which are free from attachment to a chassis, means for supporting each ,rear member on a chassis, a bridge member spanning the space between corresponding arms of the rear members, means for slidably connecting the free ends of said corresponding arms toy the bridge member, and means for attaching the front member to the other arms of said rear members.

4. In a fender ofthe class described, a front member, a plurality of rear members each embodying two curved arms, means for xedly mounting on a chassis said rear members intermediate the ends thereof, a bridge member spanning the space between corresponding curved arms of said rear members, means for fastening said bridge member to said corresponding curved' arms of the rear members, means for attaching the other curved arms of the rear members to the front member to the bridge member and the corresponding arms of the rear members.

5. In a fender ofthe class described, a

6. In a fender of the class described, a plurality of rear members, a front member, clips secured to the front member and slidably connected to the rear members, other clips attached to the front member and having` slidable connection with the rear members, and a bridge inember attached to the rear members.

7. In a fender of the class described, a plurality of rear members, brackets 'provided with 'bolts on which are hung the rear members, a fron-t member connected to the rear members, and a bridge plate attached to4 said rear members.

In testimony whereof I have hereto signed 'my name this 20th day of June, 1924. member, and means for attaching the front'- ERNE'ST P. GALASSI. 

